Sen. Ted Cruz’s growing success with voters isn’t rubbing off on his fellow GOP senators, who remain decidedly cool to his presidential candidacy. The Texas Republican is notorious for alienating his colleagues with tactics that have included pushing a fruitless government shutdown in 2013 and accusing the Senate majority leader… Read More
Prisoner killed his ex-wife and buried her body… under his cell!
Officials say an inmate apparently killed his ex-wife and buried her beneath his cell in Bolivia’s largest prison — with nobody taking notice for nearly a year. Chief prosecutor Gomer Padilla tells The Associated Press that the body was found after a fellow inmate confessed to helping bury Kenia Hidalgo… Read More
ISIS kidnaps 300 workers as fighting worsens
In a brazen assault near the Syrian capital, Islamic State militants abducted 300 cement workers and contractors from their workplace northeast of Damascus on Thursday, as fighting against the extremist group raged in the country’s north ahead of a new round of peace talks. In a blow to the Islamic… Read More
Putin: Panama Papers are US-plot to weaken Russia
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday denied having any links to offshore accounts and described the Panama Papers document leaks scandal as part of a U.S.-led plot to weaken Russia. Putin also defended a cellist friend named as the alleged owner of an offshore company, describing him as a philanthropist who… Read More
Space station to get 1st ever inflatable room
Forget blowup air mattresses. Space station astronauts are getting their first inflatable room. It’s a technology demo meant to pave the way for moon bases and Mars expeditions, as well as orbiting outposts catering to scientists and tourists in just a few more years. Bigelow Aerospace is behind the experiment,… Read More
Authorities ask for help IDing the “man in the hat” terror suspect
Belgian prosecutors launched a public appeal Thursday seeking any information on “the man in a hat” seen before the Brussels Airport suicide bombings that killed 16 people. Belgian Federal Prosecutor Eric Van der Sypt said authorities were especially interested in any people who might have filmed or photographed him. The… Read More
Baseball’s original founding father discovered
Modern baseball may have found its birth certificate. And with it a new birth date, and new founding father. Coinciding with the start of the major league season, a set of game-changing documents went up for sale this week. Their authenticity and significance are verified by experts including John Thorn,… Read More
[Exposed] Obama blocking Hillary investigation
For months President Barack Obama’s administration has been maneuvering to thwart an investigation into Hillary Clinton’s handling of potentially classified emails while secretary of state. Now, administration officials have just made their most public attempt yet to keep the American people from learning the truth and to keep Clinton from… Read More
Cover-up? Germans refuse to release full Panama Papers
The so-called “Panama Papers” revealed the offshore dealings of powerful and dangerous figures with a history of retaliating against their enemies — including Russian President Vladimir Putin and members of organized crime groups. Now the German newspaper that first obtained the Panama Papers, a vast trove of documents on offshore companies,… Read More
Syrian migrants arriving — and they haven’t been screened!
The U.S. government’s migrant screening policy is supposed to identify if a refugee is potentially a threat to America. But in the interest of getting thousands of Syrian refugees moved into the country before the 2016 presidential election, caution — and these screenings — are being thrown to the wind. The… Read More